True Bond

TRT: 1 hour
Discovery, STARZ & Global

Who inspired Ian Fleming's James Bond character? We portray Dusko Popov, a Serbian double-agent of both British MI5 and the German Abwehr. Fleming was a wartime spy handler for MI5 and knew Popov and followed him in Portugal, witnessing an event in the Estoril Casino where Popov placed a bet of $40,000 ($596,644 in 2012 dollars!]

The Ancient Olympics (494 BC)

TRT: 1 hour
CBC/SRC, History Channel, ZDF, ARTE, RTI Mediaset, NHK

A pivotal moment in Olympic history - a time when the purity of the great Olympic ideal is slowly being tainted. We reenact chariot racing, running, jumping, discus, javelin and man-to-man combat. With the help of sports historians and great athletes such as heavyweight boxer George Chuvalo and Olympic sprint medalist Donovan Bailey, viewers travel back to a very different world.

Aliens: Are We Alone?

TRT: 2 hours
Discovery in North America & 20th Century Fox International

In this 2-hour Special, we tackled the universal question: are there other civilizations in the universe? We structured the program using "The Drake Equation", used to estimate the number of detectable extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy.

Cleopatra: In Search of a Legend

TRT: 1 hour
Discovery Worldwide

Our story is grounded in the marine archaeologist Franck Goddio's astonishing underwater exploration and research findings which have confirmed the physical details of her Royal Quarters, and her position as an outstandingly clever, complex and ruthless personality - a leader of both great beauty and power.

Cuban Missile Crisis: Secret Subs

TRT: 1 hour
Discovery, History & Alliance-Atlantis

On October 1, 1962 four Russian Foxtrot submarines left Murmansk on a top secret mission. Bound for Cuba, each carried a nuclear-tipped torpedo. If attacked, the commanders have been OK'd to fire. Our untold story is of four submarines at the front line of a nuclear standoff.